Electric drive device

Abstract

An electric drive device includes a motor, an inverter, cooling water paths, a housing, a connector that connects the inverter and an external device, a fuse member connected to a bus bar extending from the inverter, and a connecting member including the same; in which the housing includes an accommodating portion that accommodates at least a part of the motor and the inverter, the connecting member is provided on a side wall of the housing, the fuse member is accommodated in the accommodating portion, and the inverter, the fuse member, and the connector are electrically connected.

1 . An electric drive device comprising:
 a motor; an inverter; a housing that accommodates cooling water paths provided in the motor and the inverter; and a connecting member including a connector that connects the inverter and an external device and a fuse member connected to a bus bar extending from the inverter,   wherein the housing includes an accommodating portion that accommodates at least a part of the motor and the inverter,   the connecting member is provided on a side wall of the housing,   the fuse member is accommodated in the accommodating portion, and   the inverter, the fuse member, and the connector are electrically connected.   
     
     
         2 . The electric drive device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the connecting member is detachably connected to the inverter.   
     
     
         3 . The electric drive device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the bus bar is electrically connected to the smoothing capacitor included in the inverter, and is disposed closer to the accommodating portion than to the inverter.   
     
     
         4 . The electric drive device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the fuse member is disposed in contact with a side wall of the housing on the same plane as the cooling water path provided in the inverter.   
     
     
         5 . The electric drive device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the connecting member is fixed to the housing so as to close an opening provided in a side wall of the housing.   
     
     
         6 . The electric drive device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 an output terminal of the motor is connected to the connecting member.   
     
     
         7 . The electric drive device according to  claim 1 , wherein
 the connecting member includes a female connector and is connected to the inverter by way of the female connector.   
     
     
         8 . The electric drive device according to  claim 7 , wherein
 the female connector is provided in a cover portion of the connecting member.